St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-08
WlNsoME MISS WELLESLEY
And Her Dogs Attracting Atten-
ton in Washington.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Sept. THE attention
of the citizens upon the avenue has
been attracted by the appearance of
three dogs of i'm mense size and beauty,
during the past few days. They are
tawny, leonine fellows, big and hurley,
and as independent of notice and criti-
ciSm as so many Henry Georges. One
of them is especially handsome because
of his unusual size and big-eyed beauty.
They were accompanied by a keeper. or
trainer, for few days; but that digni-
fed individual disappeared, and a little
lady, mOdestly attired and carrying a
riding whip, accompanies them. Repor-
torial inquisitiveneSS elected the fact
that they are MinneapolitanS. The
keeper is absent from the city for few
days, and the owner Ofuthe dogs is the
little lady who takes them across the
avenue into the large Smithsonian park
twice daily. There they romp, rant,
roll and sport at will. Their owner and
mistress is petite, bright and winsome
little Miss Marie Wellesley, the popular
actress and wife of Mr.. Sterling, the
manager of the Peoples theater, of
proud of her big pets, and willingly
cOnversed about them. She said:
81 have been visiting my mother for
nearly month. The dogs have been
with their keeper down the Potomac,
near Norfolk, and have been spending
their vacation swimming in Chesapeake
Bay and swelling like Nabobs on the
coast. Wherever they go they attract
attention. Every one of them is larger
than l am, and attract the eyes and
evoke the admiration or strangers. l
believe that am fully equal to them
on the stage, and that my appearance is
sought and expected; but, away from
home, and on the street, they are more
noticed than I am. But I am not jeal-
Gus of them, for l am attached to them,
for nobody knows them so well. They
are good natured, big boobies, and they
love their master and mistress. They
are perfect body guards"
''What do you do with them?"
sometimes they take parts in plays.
They are great cards. always, and
worth all the care and expenses they
entail. Mr.. Sterling intends to enter
them for the bench show in st. Paul.
know, and we all know, that they are
booked for prizes. There is nothing in
the country to equal them, much less
rival them"
w men 90 you return 10 minneapolis,
Miss Wellesley?"
81 leave here on Sunday evening,
Sept. IL. expect to reach Minneapolis
Tuesday afternoon. The theater opens
soon and am, of course, to be there.
l love the stage and am lost away from
it. If it were not for my love of the
business, Mr.. Sterling would have put
me on the shelf long ago. But 1 don't
intend to be put aside for the next fifty
years. Maggie Mitchell is nearly fifty
years age, and is good for twenty
years more of fame and pleasure in the
profession. am only twenty-five, and
1 intend to outlive Maggie Mitchell and
all the rest of the girls"
She deserves to have her fondest
hopes fully realized. In conversation
she is as bright and interesting as she is
before the footlights, and has made
hosts of friends in Washington during
her brief visit. Minneapolis should be
proud of her.